Майкл Джеймс Вонг – Sit Down, Be Quiet: A modern guide to yoga and mindful living (страница 1)
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This book is dedicated to you, your brother,your dad, your boyfriend, your grandpa,your teacher, your mate, your homie, yourBOYS and any guy ready to step into a moremindful way of living.
Now is the time to begin.
@boysofyoga
CONTENTS
01 THE PRACTICE
What Is Yoga All About?
02 JUST BREATHE
You’re One Breath Away From Calm
03 WHAT GOES WHERE?
Learning The Basics And How To Get Started
04 INSIDE OUT
It’s Not A Work Out, It’s A Work In
05 KILL THE EGO
Kindness Has No Enemies
06 DON’T FIGHT THE FEELING
Redefining Manly
07 SIT DOWN, BE QUIET
Turn The Volume Down
08 ACTIONS VS REACTIONS
What Is An Action?
09 RIGHT AND LEFT
Not Right And Wrong
10 PRIORITIES
Get Them Straight
11 THE FUTURE IS NOW
If Not Now, When?
LIST OF SEARCHABLE TERMS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
THANK YOUS
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
To my son, and all the boys out there.
When you were younger you were a joy to be around. As you got older there were times your mother and I thought otherwise. But it didn’t mean we ever stopped loving you. You were just growing up and figuring out who you wanted to be.
In the years that followed you were eager to learn more: about yourself, your family, your home, your community and how life worked when you had a little more time to experience it. There were good times, and times that didn’t go exactly to plan. And that’s ok, it’s how life is supposed to be.
Parenting in any form is not an easy job and, like life, there is no roadmap. But I think we did alright. Our approach was simple; we encouraged you to have an open mind and a big heart and to understand that the world is a far nicer place when it’s greeted with a hug or a high five. As your parents, we showed you life through the lens of our family, but allowed you the freedom to choose how you wanted to live and who you wanted to become.
We raised you to know that you are always more than enough.
We are from a different generation, and our greatest fear was that you would end up too much like us – outdated, behind the times and with an unwillingness to learn and grow with the ever-changing world.